Cancellus (crustacean)

Cancellus
	Cancellus typus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Diogenidae
Genus:	Cancellus; H. Milne-Edwards, 1836

Cancellus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae.[1] Members of this genus are most commonly found living in small crevices in the outer continental shelf at mesophotic depths. They can be found living in rocks, sponges, and algae among other places. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Four species are known from the western Atlantic (C. heatherae, C. ornatus, C. viridis, and C. spongicola).[2]

Species

Cancellus contains 17 species:[1][2]

Cancellus canaliculatus (Herbst, 1804)
Cancellus frontalis Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
Cancellus heatherae Felder & Lemaitre, 2020
Cancellus investigatoris Alcock, 1905
Cancellus laticoxa Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
Cancellus macrothrix Stebbing, 1924
Cancellus mayoae Forest & McLaughlin, 1998
Cancellus ornatus Benedict, 1901
Cancellus panglaoensis McLaughlin, 2008
Cancellus parfaiti A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1891
Cancellus quadraticoxa Morgan & Forest, 1991
Cancellus rhynchogonus Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
Cancellus sphaerogonus Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
Cancellus spongicola Benedict, 1901
Cancellus tanneri Faxon, 1893
Cancellus typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
Cancellus viridis Mayo, 1973

References

Patsy McLaughlin & Michael Türkay (2008). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
Felder, Darryl L.; Lemaitre, Rafael (2020-12-04). "A new species of the hermit crab genus Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836 from a mesophotic deep bank in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae)". Zootaxa. 4890 (4): 589–598. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.4.10. ISSN 1175-5334.

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[:0-1] Patsy McLaughlin & Michael Türkay (2008). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 8, 2012.

[:1-2] Felder, Darryl L.; Lemaitre, Rafael (2020-12-04). "A new species of the hermit crab genus Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836 from a mesophotic deep bank in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae)". Zootaxa. 4890 (4): 589–598. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.4.10. ISSN 1175-5334.